pencil
n
1
(a) [C] instrument for drawing or writing with, consisting of a thin stick of graphite or coloured chalk enclosed in a cylinder of wood or fixed in a metal case 鉛筆
[attrib 作定語]
a pencil drawing 鉛筆畫.
(b) [U] writing done with a pencil 鉛筆字
Should I sign my name in pencil or ink? 我用鉛筆還是用鋼筆簽字?
Pencil rubs out easily. 鉛筆寫的容易擦掉.
2 [C] (usu in compounds 通常用以構成復合詞) thing used or shaped like a pencil 用途或形狀似筆之物
an `eyebrow pencil, ie a stick of cosmetic material used by women to darken the eyebrows 眉筆. pencil, v (-ll-; US -l-)
1 [Tn] write, draw or mark (sth) with a pencil 用鉛筆寫、 畫或標記(某物)
She pencilled the rough outline of a house. 她用鉛筆畫出房子的輪廓圖.
pencilled eyebrows 描過的眉毛.
2 (phr v) pencil sth in write (a suggested date, arrangement, etc) provisionally in a diary 在日志中臨時記下(建議的日期、 安排等)
Let's pencil in 3 May for the meeting. 我們把會議日期暫定為5月3日吧.
?? 擴展釋義
*['pensl]n. 鉛筆, 色筆, 眉筆, 畫筆, 光線束vt. 用鉛筆寫或涂, 草擬
?? 醫學釋義
①鉛筆 ②記錄筆 ③射束,光束
?? 同為「小學」詞匯
reserven. 儲備;保護區;保留;替補隊員;
vt. 儲備;保留;預約;
vi. 預訂;
adj. 保留的;預備的;